On an inequality of Chernoff
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Publication:1064650
DOI10.1214/aop/1176992917zbMath0576.60015OpenAlexW2008822727MaRDI QIDQ1064650
Publication date: 1985
Published in: The Annals of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1176992917
Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Inequalities involving derivatives and differential and integral operators (26D10)
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